| Accession # |
16.757 |
|
Artist |
Helen Farnsworth Mears
|
| Title |
Edward Alexander Mac Dowell |
| Date |
1906 |
| Medium |
Bronze |
| Dimensions |
Bronze plaque: 33 3/16 x 39 3/4 x 1 3/16 in. (84.3 x 101 x 3 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 x 47 9/16 in. (104.8 x 120.8 cm) |
| Inscriptions |
In relief across top of plaque: "EDWARD . ALEXANDER . MAC-DOW-ELL . COMPOSER . MUSICIAN . AND . POET . ÆTATIS . XLV . / NIGHT . HAS . FALLEN . ON . A . DAY . OF . DEEDS." |
| Signed |
In relief at lower left: "MODELLED . FROM . LIFE . / BY . HELEN . FARNSWORTH . / MEARS . / M.D.C.C.C.C.VI."; and inscribed along left edge: "COPYRIGHT . 1907 . BY . HELEN . FARNSWORTH . MEARS" |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Anne Lupton Prince |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Adjacent to Case 33 (Sculpture)
|
| Description |
Rectangular plaque with bas relief portrait of Edward Alexander MacDowell (1861-1908); he is seated in an arm chair facing to right and holds a book on his lap. On the right hand side there is a roll of music titled "SONATA TRAGICA" with several bars of notes, superimposed on a laurel wreath. (Bronze plaque affixed to modern wooden frame.)
Condition: good |
